It is the story of a young man who works as a postman, as this young man gets an opportunity to enter the television talent show. It seems that this young man is discovering a lot about family life, love and friendship together after getting his chance as he starts enjoying his life.
Postman Pat - lovably voiced by Stephen Mangan - is catnip to nippers, who'll love the songs (Ronan Keating takes over to voice those), fear the scary robot cats and cheer the ever-cheery mailman on his way.
As children's entertainment, [it] is pretty wretched. Character designs are rudimentary, plot points are set up and never paid off, and halfway through the closing musical number the animators appear to forget that Pat is meant to be moving his lips.
Viewers unencumbered by nostalgia will probably see this zippy, occasionally funny movie as no more frantic or pop-culture-addled than the average multiplex fodder.
The script is a chaotic morass of mixed intentions, often forsaking what would really appeal to a young child in favor of cynical attempts to keep their parents awake.
Simply adorable...Plenty of digs at celebrity culture (including great use of Peter Gabriel's Big Time), TV and the film itself spice up a sweet, message-strong story, directed by American Mike Disa (Hookwinked).
Since Simon Cowell and his talent shows are already over-exposed on TV, it's a real shame that Postman Pat's producers have rubber-stamped such a contrived storyline at the expense of originality.
Despite the smattering of knowing nods to the parents (jokes about James M Cain and Lost in Space) this has little to entice the over-sixes and plenty to scare the under-fives ...
There's a TV talent quest, an ambitious efficiency expert, an army of postman robots and an endearing protagonist worth rooting for. It's a colourful adventure filled with charm and humour that the whole family will love
One of the best family films to come down the pike this year, and not just because this year has also brought us The Nut Job and Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return.
